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N-C tops EL, pulls even in SD-7 By RYAN HERMAN Sports Editor DENVER –– Newton-Conover didn’t forget what happened the last time it and East Lincoln got together on the soccer field. Now East Lincoln is forced to remember what happened the second time around. The Red Devils scored three…

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By RYAN HERMAN Sports Editor VALE –– Before the season began longtime West Lincoln baseball coach Allen Chapman felt his team had a good shot at finishing in the top half of the Southern District 7 Athletic 2A Conference. With two league games left and a tough Easter tournament ahead…

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LINCOLN TIMES-NEWS Kylee Leonhardt is on a tear, and so is West Lincoln in its quest to win a Southern District 7 Athletic 2A Conference softball title. Leonhardt hit her state-leading 10th home run of the season Thursday –– three ahead of the next closest girl –– as West Lincoln…

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Ethel Wyant Seagle Ethel Wyant Seagle, age 89, of Carolina Care Center in Cherryville, and formerly of Vale, died on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Her funeral service will be 11 a.m. on Monday, April 21, 2014, at Daniels Lutheran Church with Pastor Lewis Murdock officiating. Burial will follow in…

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ELIZABETH HEFFNER Staff Writer Lincoln County’s Board of Commissioners will meet on Monday to discuss the fate of several rezoning and conditional use permit requests discussed a public hearing earlier this month. At the April 7 meeting, applicant Ralph Dickson requested permission to have a 0.92 acre parcel…

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ELIZABETH HEFFNER Staff Writer A Denver store featuring local healthy foods is holding its grand opening this weekend. The store, featuring the motto “Always Local, Never Long Distance,” is the creation of Lincolnton native Jeff Coffey. Family members Kyle and Megan Coffey assist him as manager and assistant…

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Beam Lumber Road bridge destroyed in flooding in 2013 ELIZABETH HEFFNER Staff Writer Almost a year has passed since Lincoln County’s flooding disaster last summer, which resulted in multiple road closures and infrastructure damage. While the North Carolina Department of Transportation has addressed most of the county’s storm…

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MICHAEL GEBELEIN Managing Editor When Denver Republican Martin Oakes moved to Lincoln County in 1997, the intersection of Highways 16 and 73 had just received its first stoplight, and was home to little more than a gas station and a grocery store. The area has grown immensely…